Woman killed in Puerto Lumbreras accident and hit and run in Fuente Álamo

A man and his daughter are in hospital after a high speed hit and run

Police in Fuente Álamo are searching for the driver of a red Seat Ibiza which collided with a father and daughter as the family were returning home to calle Doctor Marañón in Fuente Álamo just after midnight early on Monday morning.

The mother of the seven year old girl was unloading bags from the back of the vehicle and saw the accident happen, as her husband lifted their daughter out of the back seat, a speeding vehicle ploughed into both of them and then continued on its journey.

The driver was travelling too fast within an urban area to start with and had failed to observe the stop sign just metres from the site of the accident, as it would have been impossible to have accelerated to such a speed from a stationery position so close to the point of impact.

The mother of the injured parties, both of whom are receiving treatment for multiple lesions in the Virgen de la Arrixaca hospital, said that she believed the driver to have been of south-American nationality, and was in no doubt that the driver was fully aware of the consequences of his actions when he took the decision to drive off and leave his victims bleeding in the road.

Police are confident that an arrest will be made quickly.

Puerto Lumbreras road accident

It’s been a busy weekend for Emergency Services and the road accidents continued on Monday morning as a 70 year old woman died on the A-7 within the Puerto Lumbreras municipality.

The vehicle was heading towards Andalucía when it left the carriageway, crashing into the central reservation and overturning.